GPLv3's secretive Additional Terms
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opensource.*.nwo at neverbox.com
Wed Apr 21 09:40:03 UTC 2010
GPLv3's possibly most secretive addition is section 7. Additional Terms.
The GNU site and the online world in general pretend like it doesn't
exist. I'm especially baffled by the statement "when you convey a copy
of a covered work, you may at your option remove any additional
permissions from that copy."
GNU should really question their attitute toward this section. The few
GPLv3 software authors that actually use this section write crazy things
like "in accordance with section 7, I'm cancelling section 6 with its
leftover requirement."
Can you do what GNU won't and include this section in your FAQ? My main
desire is to use the attribution term in web apps (that is, I want to
keep my name in the footer unless I'm requested otherwise), without
worrying about the quote from the start.
Thanks!
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